Napa County: Human remains found near Calistoga to be autopsied

The Napa County coroner's office hopes to perform an autopsy Friday on the human remains that were found on property near Calistoga on Tuesday, a Napa County sheriff's spokeswoman said Thursday.

A vineyard worker found the remains in a creek bed at Kenefick Ranch in the 700 block of Silverado Trail.

The deceased person is not a child, but it is unknown whether the remains are those of a man or a woman, sheriff's Capt. Tracey Stuart said. The body was taken to the coroner's office on Wednesday afternoon, she said.

The sheriff's office is compiling missing-person reports from nearby law enforcement agencies as part of the investigation, Stuart said.